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14-letter words containing h, o, m, t

  • hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
  • hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypophysectomy — excision of the pituitary gland.
  • hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
  • hypothalamus's — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
  • hypothyroidism — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • hysterectomies — Plural form of hysterectomy.
  • hysterectomise — Alt form hysterectomize.
  • hysterectomize — to remove the uterus from by surgery.
  • iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
  • image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
  • immethodically — Unmethodically.
  • impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
  • in the morning — every morning
  • in the name of — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
  • isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
  • jackson method — (programming)   A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
  • james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
  • john c fremont — John Charles, 1813–90, U.S. general and explorer: first Republican presidential candidate, 1856.
  • khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • larmor theorem — the theorem that an electron subjected only to the force exerted by the nucleus about which it is moving will undergo Larmor precession but no other change in motion when placed in a magnetic field.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • leucocythaemia — leukaemia
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • lithochromatic — relating to or produced by painting on stone
  • lower the boom — Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
  • lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
  • macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
  • machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • macintosh iicx — (computer)   (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
  • magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
  • magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
  • major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
  • major prophets — theology
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • marathon group — an encounter group that meets for an extended period of time, as eight hours to a week, in the belief that the resultant intensity and intimacy will lead to a more open expression of feelings.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • maternity home — a house in which a pregnant woman can live until her baby is born, esp one for women who became pregnant out of wedlock and whose baby is going to be put up for adoption
  • mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
  • megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
  • mephistopheles — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
  • merionethshire — a historic county in Gwynedd, in N Wales.
  • mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
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